US Data Brokers Are Selling Half a Billion Dollars in RL Training Environments to Chinese AI Labs
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ChinaTalk estimates the data market and training environments that US companies sell to Chinese laboratories at around USD 500 million. Research identifies at least nine companies and suggests that these products could reduce computation and development costs, as well as raise questions about possible dual-purpose uses.
US data brokers are selling half a billion dollars in RL training environments to Chinese AI labs
US data brokers like Mercor, Surge AI, and AfterQuery are selling roughly half a billion dollars' worth of AI training data to Chinese labs, according to a ChinaTalk investigation. That includes the same RL environments previously built for OpenAI or Anthropic. At least nine firms are involved, and export controls barely apply. The article US data brokers are selling half a billion dollars in RL training environments to Chinese AI labs appeared …
According to a ChinaTalk search, US data dealers such as Mercor, Surge AI and AfterQuery sell AI training data worth around half a billion dollars to Chinese laboratories – including the same RL environments previously developed for OpenAI or Anthropic. At least nine companies are involved, export controls have hardly been effective so far. The article US data dealers sell AI training data to Chinese laboratories for half a billion dollars first…
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